Cookies and hot chocolate with Santa at Penn Highlands Mon Valley

Madelyn Lipchinsky, 3, and her sister Brooklyn Lipchinsky, 5, both of Monongahela, sit with Santa during the Cookies and Hot Chocolate with Santa event Wednesday evening at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. See more photos on A2 and in our online photo gallery at www. monvalleyindependent.com. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent

Brittany Thompson and Chloe Miller of the sixth-floor Medical Surgical Department stand with their Grinchthemed Christmas tree, decorated for the Christmas Tree Raffle, during Wednesday’s Cookies and Hot Chocolate with Santa event at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital.